About Bodhi Tree
Pannyavaro spent many years studying and practicing in Burma and Sri Lanka and received higher ordination in the Thai tradition. He is better known as the founder and webmaster of the websites: BuddhaNet.net www.buddhanet.net, World Buddhist Directory: www.buddhanet.info/wbd/ Buddhist eLibrary: www.buddhistelibrary.org
At Bodhi Tree we are working on developing a meditation community to serve both lay and monastic practitioners on ninety-five acres of beautiful land at Tullera ten minutes from Lismore in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia. This land has been purchased as a sanctuary and hermitage – known as Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery and Vipassana Retreat Centre.
Retreat Schedule
The Workshops are subjected to COVID-19 Guidelines
1. Total attendance for each workshop is limited to 15 meditators in order to comply with the rules of the 4-sqm distance for indoor gatherings.
2. Attendees are required to pre-register online. Places will be allocated on a first-in first-served basis. Selected participants will be notified via e-mail.
The link to register is: https://bodhitreemonastery.org/retreat-schedule/
3. Participants are to mark attendance in the register provided before entering the hall.
4. Participants are to maintain 1.5m personal distancing while in the hall.
5. In keeping with guidelines for serving food under COVID-19, participants will be bringing their own packed lunch. Hot water for tea is provided.
6. The participants are urged to sanitise their hands regularly and to wear masks. (Masks and Hand Sanitisers are supplied)
7. The monastery urges you to refrain from attending the workshop in person if you have any sickness or COVID-19 symptoms on the day even if you are registered. (see Booking Form below)
Mindfulness Meditation Mentoring with Ven Pannyavaro at Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery
Available to meditators who have or are willing to make a commitment to the practice of Satipatthana Vipassana in the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition. Mindfulness meditation mentoring is being offered by Ven. Pannyavaro (Pannya) Founder and resident teacher at Bodhi Tree Monastery
Selective students will be taken on with personal instruction and mentoring on a one-to-one basis. To qualify for this unique experience one must be prepared to follow instruction and be unreservedly committed to the practice over the long term.
The decision as to who will be accepted will be made by the teacher who has been a Vipassana practitioner since 1974, having studied and undertaken long periods of intensive practise with teachers in the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition in Myanmar.
Potential students who are interested can contact Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery and Vipassana Retreat Centre, located at Tullera, 7 minutes from Lismore, and make an appointment either by phone (02) 6628 2426 or email
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The book “The Vipassana Retreat” with an audio CD, by Ven. Pannyavaro
is available by donation from www.buddhanet.net/publishing.html
BOOKINGS
For all retreats and workshops:
Please read the Course Information and download the Booking Form below and either email or post it to: Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery 78 Bentley Road, Tullera via Lismore NSW 2480.
PDF: Word Doc: Retreatant Booking Form
Word Doc: Retreatant Booking Form
PDF Retreatant_Course_Information
Word Doc: Retreatant Course _Information Map with Directions to Bodhi Tree PDF (399 KB)
No charge is made for Bodhi Tree Retreats and Workshops. The cost is covered by donations or Dana.
DONATIONS
We ask you, as a member of the larger national and international Buddhist community for your financial help
toward finishing the development of Bodhi Tree Monastery.